Building tile



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BUILDING TILE Filed June 12, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 17, 1936 PATENT OFFICE BUILDING TILE Herbert G. Cockrell, Washington, D. 0., and Llewellyn W. C'ockrell, East Falls Church, Va.

Application June 12, 1936, Serial No. 84,964

3 Claims.

Many building tiles are heavy and are inconvenient to handle, requiring the use of both hands of the masons or other persons handling the same. This invention has for its object to provide hollow building tiles which can be conveniently handled by one hand of a person and which are so constructed that a persons hands will not be injured by sharp rough edges. To this end our improved tiles are provided on their upper sides with hand holes or openings adjacent to grips or handles having rounded gripping parts or handles into contact with or around which the fingers or hands of persons may be closed without danger of injury by sharp rough edges, in lifting or carrying the tiles.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a tile constructed in accordance of one form of our invention. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on line 2-2 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section, similar to Fig. 2, of another form of our invention. Figs. 4 and 5 show still another form of our invention, Fig. 5 being a section on line 5-5 Fig. 4.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, I2 denotes the body of a hollow tile constructed in accordance with our invention and comprising a central longitudinal rib or bar [3 located on its upper side above a void or chamber Hi, this rib or bar being formed by a properly shaped die of an expressing molding machine. At the sides of the central part of the said rib or bar l3 are hand holes or openings l6. These hand holes or openings l6 are at the middle longitudinal part of upper side of the tile and thus afford a centrally arranged grip or handle part B This grip or handle part is rounded above and below, so that the hands of a person handling the tile will not be injured by sharp rough edges. It will be noted that the grip or handle part 13 is arranged above a void with which the hand holes or openings [6 communicate. The rib or bar I3, with its grip or handle part W, is preferably somewhat depressed, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so that its top is slightly below the level of the main part of the top of the tile. As the said grip or handle part has clearances at its sides and beneath, it will be obvious that the hand of a person can be fully closed about the same, thus affording a strong, one hand hold.

At the ends of the hand holes or openings it are webs I5 which connect the top parts i! of the tile, these webs which are at the ends of said handle part l3 diminishing the liability of misshaping the tiles in handling when green, and

also diminishing the liability of warping in burn- As the grip or handle part [3 is centrally located at the upper side of the tile it is obvious that the tile will be properly balanced in handling with one hand of a person.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings only a single hand hole or opening is shown adjacent the rounded-edged rib or bar 13 This construction affords more upper web part ll to resist mis-shaping or warping than the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This one-hole construction comprises webs l5 at the opposite ends of the hole and may be preferable to the two-hole construction when tiles are being made of a clay or shale not strong enough to stand handling safely, when green, without injury.

In the form of our invention shown in Figs.

4 and 5 of the drawings the hand-holes Hi ex- L tend transversely of the tile and between them is a grip or handle part I3 above a void or chamber I4, said grip or handle part having rounded edges to avoid injury to hands. This grip or handle part is centrally arranged at the top of the tile to ensure proper balancing in handling.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the preferred forms of our invention, l3 and l3 afford grips or handle parts having clearances at their sides and beneath, so that the fingers and thumbs of persons may be closed around the same to afford a strong hold.

Our invention is not to be understood as being limited to the details shown and described, as variations, within the province of mechanical skill, may be made without departing from the scope of our invention as defined by the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described our claim:

1. A hollow building tile having on its upper side a centrally arranged grip or handle part arranged above a void, there being one or more openings at the side or sides of the said grip or handle part, and which opening or openings communicate with said void, thus afiording a clearance or clearances at the side or sides of and beneath said grip or handle part against or around which latter the hand of a person may be closed in handling or carrying the tile.

2. A hollow building tile having on its upper side a centrally arranged grip or handle part arranged above a void, there being hand holes or openings at the sides of the said grip or handle invention we ing with said void, thus afiording clearances at the sides of and beneath said grip or handle part and around which latter the hand of a person may be closed in handling or carrying the tile.

3. A hollow building tile having on its upper side a centrally arranged, rounded edged, longitudinal rib or bar arranged above a void or chamber of the tile and slightly below the level of the top of the main part of the tile, said tile having hand holes or openings at the sides of the central part of the said rib or bar, said hand holes or openings communicating with said void, this construction afiording a grip or handle part around which the hand of a person may be closed without injury in handling or carrying the tile.

HERBERT C. COCKRELL.

LLEWELLYN W. COCKRELL. 

